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Surgery for Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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The utilization of conformal radiation therapy and combined chemoradiation therapy has substantially improved the outcome of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after treatment. However, local and/or regional recurrences remain a major concern of treatment failure. Therapeutic modalities are usually limited, and the outcome of nasopharyngeal cancer patients who experience local and/or regional recurrences is usually suboptimal.

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  1. Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China

    William Ignace Wei

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute of Singapore National University Health System National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Republic of Singapore

    J. J. Lu (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  2. Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200232, P.R. China

    J. J. Lu (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Maimonides Cancer Center, 6300 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11220, USA

    J. S. Cooper (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  4. Department of Clinical Oncology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China

    A. W. M. Lee

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Wei, W.I. (2010). Surgery for Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. In: Lu, J.J., Cooper, J.S., Lee, A.W.M. (eds) Nasopharyngeal Cancer. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92810-2_20

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